Merry Christmas – I hope that you are all having a wonderfully happy and peace filled joyous day.

A number of my friends follow my blog (thank you) and I wanted to send them a card that they wouldn’t have already seen here. By now, they should all have received their cards so I can share it.

I struggled in the beginning with the Stampin’ Up! Festival of Trees set – I tried to put too many trees on a card I think. I am really pleased with how this card is simple but supremely elegant. I think it’s one of my best CAS (clean and simple) cards actually. Let me know if you agree!

To reproduce it, it’s simple. But here are the details. Stamp the tree in versamark on whisper white (don’t forget the embossing buddy) and sprinkle on the gold embossing powder and heat. Then using the Stampin’ Up! Endless Wishes set position the two lines of text on a clear block and check that they are lined up with each other. I find the grid paper invaluable for this. I stamped the sentiment in cherry cobbler. The whisper white was then mounted on a base of cherry cobbler.

I tried to do this card in island indigo because Jen loves teal but it wasn’t as effective. Garden green was fairly good as was perfect plum but the cherry cobbler really sang. I think I should try it with a silver tree and night of navy. Anyway, this was one of the designs of which I personally sent quite a lot.

The envelope was fairly simple – I used the Lucky Stars embossing folder on the envelope flap. It really is effective in my opinion.